Renwick wins C.R. Miller Match
Play Invitational
August 05, 2008
Terry Teasdale, Handicap Director (contact)
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The original C.R.
Miller Memorial Trophy is now on permanent display in the WPGA
office. |
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With a 3 and 2 victory over Derek Jones of Lower
Burrell, Punxsutawney's Easton Renwick captured the C.R.
Miller Match Play Invitational on the Tom's Run Course
at Chestnut Ridge Resort. This is sixteen year-old's
third WPGA Championship. |
(L-R) WPGA Championship
Director, David Finney, Champion, Easton Renwick, and
Michael Fairman. |
He also won the WPGA Boys
Championship this year to complement the 13 and Under
Boys Championship he captured in 2006.
The C.R. Miller Match Play
Invitational was started by Richie Miller in honor of
his father and was played at Fox Chapel Golf Club (their
home club) from its inception until 1994 when its
administration was given to the WPGA. |
Great matches were played throughout the tournament. A first round match between Donny Lewis,
Wexford, and Brandon Pompeani, Aliquippa, ended when Lewis made
a birdie on the 21st hole. A second round match between Geoffrey Locher of McMurray beat
WPGA Junior Champion, Ryan Prokay of Grove City, 2 up in the
second round. Prokay recorded a score of 71 in the afternoon
round while Locher shot 69. Both semi-final matches went extra
holes. Renwick outlasted Christopher Resnik of Venetia, making birdie on the 20th hole, and in the
longest match in tournament history, Jones
defeated Locher on the 24th hole.
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